Around 2 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses available with states, UTs: Centre

New Delhi: Nearly two crore COVID-19 vaccine doses are nonetheless available with states and union territories whereas round 26 lakh are within the pipeline and will probably be acquired by them throughout the subsequent three days, the Union well being ministry mentioned on Thursday.

Vaccination is an integral pillar of the great technique of the federal government of India for containment and administration of the pandemic alongside with take a look at, observe, deal with and COVID-appropriate behaviour, it mentioned.

As a part of the nationwide vaccination drive, the federal government has been supporting the states and UTs by offering them COVID-19 vaccines freed from price.

“The government of India has so far provided, both through the free of cost category and through direct state procurement category, more than 21 crore vaccine doses (21,07,31,130) to states and UTs. Of this, the total consumption (including wastage) is 19,09,60,575 doses (as per data available at 8 am today),” the ministry mentioned.

“Nearly 2.00 crore (1,97,70,555) COVID vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs to be administered,” it mentioned.

“Furthermore, nearly 26 lakh (25,98,760) vaccine doses are in the pipeline and will be received by the states and UTs within the next three days,” it added.

The authorities has additionally been facilitating the direct procurement of vaccines by the states and UTs.

Implementation of the Liberalised and Accelerated Phase 3 Strategy of COVID-19 Vaccination began from May 1. Under this technique, each month, 50 per cent of the overall Central Drugs Laboratory (CDL) cleared vaccine doses of any producer could be procured by the Centre. 
It would proceed to make these doses available to the state governments completely freed from price as was being completed earlier, the ministry mentioned.